Article re 1. Gordon Riches who had a hairdressing and tobacco business in Whitehorse Road, Mitcham. He remembers the old days of Mitcham Memorial Hall - opened 1923. When Mitcham R.S.L. moved from the hall to premises in McDowall Street it was decided to return the hall to the local community by selling it to the Nunawading Council. The hall and property was sold for 7000 pounds. 2. Steve Raskovy, a sportsman of Mitcham awarded the Order of Australia. 3. Patricia Hamanen of East Burwood who graduated as a teacher.Article re 1. Gordon Riches who had a hairdressing and tobacco business in Whitehorse Road, Mitcham. riches, gordon, mitcham memorial hall, raskovy, steve, hamamen, patricia

Video - Living, Investing, Growing - Produced by City o Whitehorse, Opening words by Chief Commissioner, Geoff Oscar 1995. Shows aspects of city - Gordon Crescent, Blackburn Lake, Schools, Tally Ho Business Park, major businesses and retailers, Bruce Thompson Managing Director, Hewlett Packard, Simon Ho, Hong Kong Bank, Felicity Mason Lend Lease, Maroondah Transport corridor, Forest Hill Chase, Sport, Box Hill Community Art Space, Alan Stockdale, Treasurer, Victoria.oscar geoff - chief commissioner, gordon crescent blackburn, maroondah transport corridor, blackburn lake, forest hill chase, box hill community art space, tally ho business park, alan stockdale - treasurer of victoria, bruce thjompson - managing director hewlett packard, ho simon hong kong bank, city of whitehorse mason felicity lend lease

In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionAudio tape interview with Jessie Glover. Daughter of business-man James Percy Craven and Jane Petts Craven. Jessie was born in 1916. She attended school at Huntly State School, 1922-1923, Gravel Hill State School, 1924-1929, Bendigo Domestic Arts School, 1930-1931. She married Gordon Glover in 1942. The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 90 minute interview can be listened to, and the notes viewed, at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, the 1930s depression tapes, jessie glover

Copies of sketches appearing in supplements to the Tatura Herald and the Kyabram Union. c.1886. Tatura Herald & Kyabram Union Supplement.|1. Lansley & Son.|2. Hunter & Dalglish.|3. Halkyard.|4. Catholic Church.|5. Criterion Hotel.|6. Tatura Herald Office.|7. Martin Cussen.|8. H.McCarthy.|9. Luke Flanagan.|10.A.Davidson; Gordon.|11.Catholic Presbytery.|12.Hogan Street.|13.Casey Street.photograph, people

The E.J. Barker library on the Mt Helen campus is named in honour of Jack Barker Four photographs of E.J. (Jack) Barker, inaugural Director of the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, on the occasion of his retirement. .1) John Sharpham presents Jack Barker with a framed photograph of the Ballarat University College staff assembled under the Tree of Knowledge. 2.) Ian Gordon, President of the Ballarat University Council, unveils a portrait of Jack Barker by Geoffrey Manwaring. .3) Left to right: Geoff Manwaring, Jack Barker, Mick Hyde, 25 August 1987 .4) Derek Woolley present Jack Barker with a retirement gift, 25, August 1987jack barker, tree of knowledge, derek wooley, geoffrey manwaring, john sharpham, retirement

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE HOSPITAL: .1 HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING .2 GRAHAM QUEMARD, BILL BIRCH .3.4 GRAHAM QUEMARD, MARGARET WICKHAM .5 JIM KERRIN .6 JIM KERRIN, GRAHAM QUEMARD .7 MARIA KERRIN, BARB ADAM, GRAHAM QUEMARD .8 GRAHAM QUEMARD, MAVIS CARSON .9 GRAHAM QUEMARD, MATRON VAL STEVENS .10 EDDNA TOOLE, JIM GORDON, HARRY TOOLE 11. JENNY HULL, ROBERT CAMPBELL, MURRAY COOK .12 HOSPITAL SECRETARY ROBERT JONES, CATHY JONESofficial opening hospital, clunes hospital